US Patent Issued to PAYPAL on July 14 for "Biometric authentication during voice data transfers" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,959, issued on July 14, was assigned to PAYPAL INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Biometric authentication during voice data transfers" was invented by Rahul Nair (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided systems and methods for biometric authentication during voice data transfers. A user may initiate voice communications with a service provider endpoint that provides automated services to the user through the voice or audio communications, such as an interactive voice response (IVR) system where a user may navigate menus through audio commands. The user may by required to authenticate their identity during the phone c...